a_s1576_02_c78-038 | Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90) | Sound | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Radio programs Radio Interviews Storytelling Yodeling Psaltery Hammered dulcimer Musical saw Bluegrass music Bluegrass musicians A capella singers Gospel (Black) Musicians Singers Storytellers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Recording of the 1976 Florida Folk Festival (WJCT-FM 90)
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- 1976
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. Recording of a story on the 1976 Florida Folk Festival by Jacksonville's public radio station, WJCT-FM 90. Includes an award given to Thelma Boltin, discussion of late festival performer Bob Beers, Scottish songs, explanation of Sacred Harp Singing, stories and songs by Gamble Rogers, interviews with Al Head, Rogers, and Boltin, and various performances from the festival.
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a_s1576_03_c79-078 | Tinikling demonstration at the 1960 & 1961 Florida Folk Festival | Sound | Singers Florida Folk Festival Folk festivals Folk dancing -- Philippine Asian Americans Filipino Americans | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Tinikling demonstration at the 1960 & 1961 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1961-05-05
- Description
- This recording contains excerpts from T77-97 and T77-105. Emcee Thelma Boltin introduces Navarro, a Filipino student from the University of Florida in Gainesville. Navarro describes tinikling, a traditional colonial era Philippine dance which involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a manner similar to the tikling bird, a type of rail. Moncall and Castañeo beat bamboo while Navarro dances.
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a_s1576_04_c81-010 | Rainbow boat captain Manning (Skipper) Lockett performing his boat tour at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival | Sound | Boat driver Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Orators Speech play African Americans Oral poetry Poetic language Boat drivers Glass bottom boats Springs Oral performance Performing arts Tours Fishes Tour guides (Persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Rainbow boat captain Manning (Skipper) Lockett performing his boat tour at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1959-05
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of Skipper Lockett performing his popular Rainbow Springs boat tour on the main stage of the Florida Folk Festival. Lockett was a long-time boat driver at the springs (today a Florida State Park), and gave his rhyming tour -- during which he explains the springs and names all of its fishes -- at several festivals in the 1950s and 1960s. The original recording from which this cassette was made is T77-83: Recording of the Saturday Morning Program at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1576_05_c81-033 | Copy of the phonographic recording: White Springs Bluegrass Festival | Sound | Singers Bands (Music) Sound recordings Concerts Bluegrass music Singing Music performance String bands Stringband music Old time music Festivals Camp sites, facilities, etc. Folk festivals Bluegrass musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Copy of the phonographic recording: White Springs Bluegrass Festival
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- 1972-05-04
- Description
- One audio cassette. NOTE: Because this was a copyrighted recording, no copies of the recordings will be made. Recording of the 1972 White Springs Bluegrass Festival, which was actually an impromptu bluegrass performance at the Florida Folk Festival's campground. The recording marked the first professionally-released recording of the Florida Folk Festival, even though it consisted of unofficial performances. Recorded and mixed by Blair Mooney, Studio 70, Tampa, Florida and produced and directed by Ben Brown and Peter Leonardi. Released by Kaloosa Record Company in Tampa.
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a_s1576_08_c83-039 | Interview with Minorcan ranchers Willis Solano and Albert Triay | Sound | Folklore revival festivals Interviews Oral histories Personal experience narratives Minorcan Americans Cattle brands Livestock brands Cattle Cattle breeding Cows Animals Ranching Livestock industry Ranchers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Minorcan ranchers Willis Solano and Albert Triay
- Date
- 1983-05-23
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recorded at the Minorcan Folklife Area at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival. Solano and Triay discuss Minorcan ranching traditions. They talk about the different types of cows they have worked with; the reasons behind branding cows and marking their ears; and other ranching-related topics.
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a_s1576_08_c83-040 | Barry Masters interview at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Sound | Folk festivals Interviews Oral narratives Florida Folk Festival Building materials Coquina Stone buildings Seashells Rocks Masonry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Barry Masters interview at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1983-05-23
- Description
- One audio cassette. Masters discusses construction with coquina, a limestone rock unique to the eastern coast of Florida. He also discusses building stucco coquina and the high cost of building structures with coquina. Coquina is a type of rock that naturally develops from discarded coquina shells. Found mostly on Anastasia Island near St. Augustine, Florida.
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a_s1576_08_c83-041 | Larry Hinman & Wilford Masters interview at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Sound | Field recordings Interviews Oral narratives Seafood Minorcan Americans Crab traps Fishing nets Florida Folk Festival Folk festivals Fishing equipment | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Larry Hinman & Wilford Masters interview at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1983-05-28
- Description
- One audio cassette. Hinman, a crab trap maker and fisher, and Masters, a cast net maker and service manager at a John Deere plant, discuss Minorcan maritime traditions. Hinman talks about crab tongs; telling the difference between male and female crabs; trap designs, like funnel traps; and inadvertently catching octopus, Sailor's Choice, catfish, and paper cups. Masters discusses the parts of cast nets, demonstrates how to cast a net, his strangest catches; and other topics.
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a_s1576_08_c83-042 | Hon Versaggi, Pam Solano, Theresa Griffin, and Thelma Pacetti interview at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Sound | Florida Folk Festivals Interviews Oral narratives Crafts industry Weaving Minorcan Americans Palmetto Hats Textiles Lace making Tatting Needle lace Folk festivals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Hon Versaggi, Pam Solano, Theresa Griffin, and Thelma Pacetti interview at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1983-05-28
- Description
- One audio cassette. Versaggi (palmetto braiding), Solano, Griffin, and Pacetti (tatting) discuss Minorcan crafts. Wickman conducts a discussion on St. Augustine Minorcan handcrafts they practice. Versaggi discusses learning and practicing palmetto braiding; Griffin discusses learning and practices of and varieties of Spanish embroidery work. Pacetti discusses learning to tat (lace making) and Solano talks about palmetto hat making.
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a_s1576_08_c83-043 | Interview with Margaret Triay, Donnie Gader, and Linda Hinman on Minorcan foodways | Sound | Folklore revival festivals Interviews Oral histories Personal experience narratives Cooking and dining Minorcan Americans Food habits Food preparation Cooks | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Margaret Triay, Donnie Gader, and Linda Hinman on Minorcan foodways
- Date
- 1983-05-27
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recorded at the Minorcan Folklife Area at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival. Side 1: Triay, Gader, and Hinman, all native Floridians, discuss traditional Minorcan foodways in St. Augustine and the rest of Florida. They talk about the characteristics that make their cooking reflective of the Minorcan style and how they make various Minorcan dishes. Side 2: Triay, Gader, and Hinman discuss Minorcan foodways, sayings, and songs in St. Augustine and the rest of Florida.
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a_s1576_08_c83-044 | Willis Solano interview at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival | Sound | Folk festivals Interviews Oral narratives Farm life Agriculture Minorcan Americans Farming Potatoes Florida Folk Festival | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |